Global Internet traffic will grow nearly three times in the next four years due to an increase in Internet-enabled devices and improved video streaming, prompting more people to watch the ongoing Fifa World Cup online, according to a new report. The Middle East and Africa (MEA) region continues to be the fastest-growing Internet Protocol (IP) traffic region from 2013 to 2018 with five-fold growth and a 38 percent Compound Annual Growth Rate, said Cisco Visual Networking Index Global Forecast and Service Adoption for 2013 to 2018. According to the report, the ongoing Fifa World Cup 2014 in Brazil has prompted tens of millions of people around the world to view the games on the Internet. Video streaming and IP broadcast of the World Cup is expected to generate 4.3 exabytes Internet traffic alone, which is three times the amount of monthly traffic generated by Brazil.
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